Behind the Science: Behind Health Care Cost and Coverage

With issues surrounding health care cost and coverage being further exacerbated amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent survey by Kaiser Family Foundation and the Purchaser Business Group on Health indicates that a majority of executive decision-makers at large employers would support greater government intervention to address these concerns.

Those involved with the study and its underlying implications on health care speak on the survey findings, and how federal strategies such as lowering the eligibility age of Medicare and strengthening antitrust enforcement can initiate a transition toward high-value, cost-efficient health care.